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HOTEL OPENINGS
Mandarin
Oriental to
reopen 10 months
after fire
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park will reopen
in its entirety on Monday 15 April,
having completed the most extensive
restoration in its 117-year history just 10
months after a fire ravaged the hotel.
Following the re-opening of the
public spaces in December, the hotel
has now unveiled all new guest rooms
and suites, including two newly created
penthouse suites.
Internationally renowned designer,
Joyce Wang, has overseen the redesign
of all guest rooms and suites, along
with the creation of the hotel’s new
Penthouses. All 181-guest rooms
and suites are designed to be more
“luxurious and comfortable than ever
before”, with art deco-inspired features
including curated artworks and
custom-designed furniture.
Each of the hotel’s 40 suites range
in size from the smallest, at 47 square
metres, located within the turrets of
the hotel, to the largest, at 444 square
metres, which comprises the new
three-bedroom Mandarin Oriental
Penthouse with private terraces.
Consisting of two penthouse
suites, the Mandarin Penthouse
and the Oriental Penthouse can
be interconnected to create one of
London’s largest suites with three
bedrooms, three bathrooms, a private
dining room, two kitchens, and
expansive views of Hyde Park and the
London skyline.
New York designer Adam D. Tihany,
has overseen the redesign of the next-
generation Spa featuring 13 individual
treatments rooms, an Oriental Suite
with two massage beds and a Rasul
water temple. Tilhany also has overseen
the “light” refurbishment of Dinner
by Heston Blumenthal, Bar Boulud,
London and Mandarin Bar.
April 2019
HOTEL REFURBISHMENTS
Merseyside hotel
completes ‘major’
refurb
Holiday Inn Express Liverpool/
Knowsley, in Merseyside, has reopened
following a £700k refurbishment.
The refurbishment has seen each of
the 86 bedrooms revamped, allowing
guests to have a more “modern
and comfortable stay”. Signature
lighting has also been installed along
with bespoke bedding and new air
conditioning units, whilst extra space
has been created for families.
The hotel has been part of the Crest
Hotels portfolio for 16 years and Jason
Hiley, group operations director, said:
“We’re delighted with the outcome of
what is a huge investment made by
Crest Hotels.
“All of the bedrooms have been
updated as have other aspects of
the hotel, in order to give a seamless
customer journey of the utmost
comfort. In an extremely competitive
market, we felt it was vital to make this
sort of investment and we are delighted
with the result.”
GM Lindsay Jones added: “The
renovation has come at an ideal time,
myself and the team are extremely
proud to be a part of it.”
“The property is now at the top of
the tree in an extremely competitive
market. We’re extremely happy with
how the new bedrooms look and
more so how the hotel is suitable for
not only businessmen and women
but also families as we have so many
wonderful amenities and attractions
on our doorstep.”
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ACQUISITIONS
7 Hospitality adds
first English hotel
to portfolio
The Scottish based hotel asset
management company 7 Hospitality
has added its first hotel in England with
the Judges Court hotel in York.
This is now the fifth UK contract for the
business which is headed by managing
director Richard Ellison.
The luxury, four-storey Georgian
grade-II listed building, is located near
the heart of York’s shopping district.
It features 15 individually designed
bedrooms and bespoke furniture which
adds “substance and a nostalgic quality”.
The hotel was brokered by the
asset management company and sold
out of partnership to a Hong Kong
based investment fund. 7 Hospitality
Management will continue to manage
the hotel under the new ownership.
7 Hospitality Management said it
is “delighted” with the takeover of the
boutique hotel and added that it is a
“fantastic asset” to its fast growing
portfolio.
Ellison said: “This hotel is a key
contract for us as our first entry into
the English market. The hotel is a
great trading asset and operated by a
great team. This is our first in a strong
pipeline of key UK destinations which
we are close to closing in Q1 and Q2.”
The renovation has
come at an ideal time ,
myself and the team are
extremely proud to be
a part of it
Lindsay Jones, GM, Crest Hotels
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